Equipment and status of firemen, fire prevention measures, education and informing citizens as well as the legal framework which regulates the fire-fighting and civil protection system were a part of the round table discussion „Human rights, fire-fighting and civil protection: lessons learned from the fire season?“ organised by Ombudswoman Lora Vidović in the Croatian parliament on 26th September 2017.

Human rights of older persons were the central theme in numerous discussions among institutions for human rights from Europe and Asia, representatives from United Nations and NGOs, held from 19th until 21st September 2017 in Seoul at the 2nd ASEM (Asia -Europe Meeting), organised by the National Human Rights Commission of South Korea.

Promotion of diversity, anti-discrimination, inclusion and equal opportunities at workplace is the purpose of more than 7100 petitioners from 16 EU countries who joined the initiative of the Diversity Charter. This will be soon possible in our country as well, since the text of the Diversity Charter in Croatia has already been defined and adopted. Deputy Ombudswoman, Tena Šimonović Einwalter, participated in preparation and presentation of the Charter which took place on 6th September 2017 at the Journalist House in Zagreb.

Citizens from the eastern part of Croatia, in the Vukovar-Srijem County, who feel that their human rights were violated or they were discriminated against, from August 30th until September 1st, 2017 had an opportunity to meet with the Ombudswoman Lora Vidović and submit complaints to her advisers.

People everywhere must be allowed to age with dignity and human rights, stressed the participants of the Eights session of the Open-Ended Working Group of Ageing (OEWG) that took place from 5 to 7 July 2017 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The 8th Session was dedicated to abuse, neglect, violence and age discrimination.

„According to a global study carried out in 28 countries, in 2016, about one in six older persons experienced some form of abuse and estimates suggest that only one in five cases, abuse was actually reported. The reasons for which there is such a high level of unreported violence are multiple and complex, and we know that many victims don't report because they feel ashamed, powerless and fear reprisals, particularly when it comes to domestic violence“, Ombudswoman and Chair of European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) Lora Vidović stated in her speech. She added that national human rights institutions (NHRI) can see directly, through all segments of their works, how much still needs to be done for stronger protection of human rights of elderly, and therefore encourage the states to work towards a convention on the rights of the elderly.